Draft Day: Post your bold predictions/fears/hopes!

[Skin]

It's finally here!!!!! Well ... at least somewhere in the world it's Draft Day!

Post all of your bold predictions, deepest fears, greatest hopes for Draft Day!

[JTG_92940618]

I hope we pick Bufkin with pick 11. I also wouldn't mind taking Wallace there.

I predict we take a non-shooter at 6 and all the people who had nothing but hype for that player turn around and give a bad grade to our selection. They don't give an alternative though, they just say we should've taken a shooter.

If we happen to take a shooter at 6, we get a bad grade for reaching - "He might have been available at 11".

[fateis007]

Magic trade 6th pick (+filler like bol bo/Isaac) to Spurs for Keldon Johnson. (so they can team up Bilal with their #1 pick)

Magic draft Gradey Dick.

Fultz/Keldon/Franz/Paolo/WCJ starting lineup.

Magic have a young but experienced roster all in the same age group and dont need to develop at the 2 guard.

[The Effect]

We trade 6, 11 and Cole for 2 and take scoot
Then use 33 on Bailey

[Airgordon00]

We are trading for scoot Henderson in a 3 team trade with Portland and Toronto. Siakam goes to Portland. Toronto gets our picks.

[ORLMagicGirl15]

I have two “fears”
1.) Trading away any of our core players.
2.) Not drafting a shooter.

[OrlDave]

I feel like we don't need more high rookies that we need to feed minutes to develop. I'd like to see some sort of logical move of the 11th. Maybe move both 6 and 11 to go up a bit or maybe trade 11 plus someone like Cole to get a solid vet in his mid-20s that could take us to the playoffs next year.

Assuming we keep both, I have enough faith in Weltham to be fine with whoever, but I personally would rather high-floor guys than swinging on potential with guys who can't shoot (Thompson twins, Black). I like Grady Dick with the 11th, not sure about the 6th.

[Viper1500]

I see us trading back with a team like Utah for 9+future first


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[YosemiteSam]

Best case:

Draft Whitmore and Dick and a draft and stash Euro with 2nd round. Trade Fultz and/or Issac for a young veteran shooter and keep Suggs and Cole.

Worst case:

Draft Hendricks or Walker with #6, trade #11 for a future pick, trade 2nd round pick, trade Suggs for anything

Prediction:

Draft Ausar and Lively, trade 2nd. No players traded.

[Redphilly]

I hope we make a trade for Scoot!
Draftprediction: at 6/ Cam at 11/Dick

[Rainwater]

Don't draft Black, that is my request.

[pepe1991]

I would trade back 6th pick to 10-15 range.

[Ducklett]

I would trade back 6th pick to 10-15 range.

I would be on the phone with OKC for 12 and some future 1sts.

[Bensational]

Bold Prediction:

WeHam take Coulibaly at 6, which shocks everyone. Feels like they’re trying to be theatrical and play 4D chess again. But then they shock everyone again by leveraging him in a trade with the Spurs for Vassell. If that fails we keep him as a project.

At 11 they take their real draft target of Kobe Bufkin.

Not so shocking - they use their 2nd rounder and take Vuckevic.

So in this bold prediction we come away with Bufkin + Vassell + Vuckevic.

WCJ/Goga/MoW
Paolo/(Isaac)/Bol/Vuckevic
Franz/Chuma/Houstan
Vassell/Suggs
Fultz/Bufkin

[eyriq]

I think we trade No 11.
I think we trade Cole

[pepe1991]

I would trade back 6th pick to 10-15 range.

I would be on the phone with OKC for 12 and some future 1sts.

Yep, same with Jazz. 6th for 9th and future pick



I don't think there is significant difference in talent that you can aquire with 6th and 10,11, 12,13,14 pick

[Message Boar]

The absolute ideal scenario for me is: the Magic end up with Scoot Henderson without trading Paolo or Franz.

More realistically, at #6, I just want them to pick whoever they like best out of the Amen/Ausar/Whitmore/Walker/Hendricks talent bracket. Obviously Amen is probably not there and I might be reaching with Hendricks and he should probably be atop the next bracket of guys, but I always really tend to like how my mock drafts turn out if I pick him at #6, his positional versatility (I'm higher on him playing some 5 early on than most) sets up the #11 pick nicely to really take any kind of player. Jarace Walker I don't like as much for the Magic specifically, because of lack of shooting (if Amen is somehow there I could look past it for him).

Then at #11 just get me a nice talent who brings some shooting; the level of shooting versus other traits doesn't matter that much to me, but I'd rather stay away from the really questionable shooters, especially if the #6 has shooting concerns. So one of Dick/Hawkins/Bufkin/Wallace/George (and Hendricks if his stock is indeed that low) would content me if we stay at #11.

My fear would be something along the lines of Anthony Black at 6 and Bilal Coulibaly at #11. I see the traits with the latter, but I think the hype train has ridden too far because he happened to be on the same team as Wemby, and he should be going more in the 20-30 range. Even if he has nice traits I think he'd need years of development before cracking the rotation, and he'd be lessened as a trade asset until then. Black is just a "don't like non-shooting pg's thing", he's too much young MCW or Elfrid or the mediocre version of Markelle for my blood. I could cope with him at #11, though.

So in general I try to keep an open mind, in my experience if you lock in too much on the one or two prospects you love most (I don't have strong preferences in this one, anyway) and will only be happy if the team picks those, you're likely to have a bad time on draft night. I'd rather just put my feet up, trust the front office, and enjoy the ride. I'll put some more thought into a truly bold prediction

[Skin]

Predictions:
We stay put at 6 and 11 because the draft "flattened out"
We draft long bois with the hopes of them developing their shooting down the line
We draft choir boys
We sell our 2nd rounder for cash considerations


Fears:
We don't add enough shooting
We don't add interior defense
We sell our 2nd rounder for cash considerations


Hopes:
We draft at least one of the following (Whitmore, Hendricks, Hawkins, GG Jackson, James Nnaji)
OR
We make an interesting trade for Anfernee Simons, Zach Lavine, Tyler Herro, or Jordan Poole that will make my head spin in uncertainty.


Dreams:
Land both Whitmore & Hawkins
OR
Let's do some totally fake trade scenarios:

Trade 1: Devin Vassell, Devonte Graham for Jonathan Isaac, 11 (Coulibaly), Cole Anthony
- Coulibaly/Isaac/Wemby is serious size for Popovich, with Cole Anthony and Keldon Johnson in the backcourt... they're ready for a quick turn around.
Trade 2: Trade 6 to Utah for 9, 16 - Cam Whitmore, Dereck Lively

I DID say Dream lol
PG Markelle Fultz / Devonte Graham
SG Devin Vassell / Jalen Suggs
SF Franz Wagner / Cam Whitmore
PF Paolo Banchero / Bol Bol / Chuma Okeke
C Wendell Carter Jr / Dereck Lively

[axl_c_cool]

I'm with Pepe, talent is similar 6-15.

Ideal scenario: Have a package ready for Scoot Henderson (6 + 11 + filler). If that doesn't work hope Amen drops. If he doesn't trade back and take best player available at 9 + 11

Likely scenario: We'll take BPA at 6 and draft Coulibaly at #11

Worst case: We trade #11 and 2nd round pick for future picks

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[Redwood]

The team has plenty of youth, my preference is that we trade both picks for an established player. I'd also love to see Cole and Okeke traded during the draft.

6/11/Cole with Okeke as filler should be enough to bring in a couple of solid vets. This is what I would do, but it's more likely that we keep both picks, add two more young players to a team that has zero vet leadership, extend Fultz, and keep playing Suggs at SG even though he can't shoot.